NTLDR error

[Doug]

I am trying to load Win XP but I get an error NTLDR missing. How do I fix
it?????

 

[peter]

Try booting up using the XP CD-ROM and choose to repair. Then choose the
Recovery Console Option...
Choose the number corresponding to your XP version and enter your
Administrator Password (then press enter).

After that you'll see a command prompt...enter the following command:

bootcfg /rebuild" command to fix boot.ini.
FIXBOOT will fix the boot sector on the boot drive,
** FIXMBR will fix the master boot record if the NT loader ***
complains of a missing HAL or unmountable boot volume.



After the process is completed enter the command EXIT to quit (and the
system should auto reboot OK from that point onwards...

peter

 

[S.Sengupta]

Boot with XP CD and enter the Recovery Console. At the Command
Prompt type the following.It will overwrite the old files.
COPY X:\i386\NTLDR C:
COPY X:\i386\NTDETECT.COM C:
[ X=CD-Rom Drive]

You can repair a damaged Boot Sector at the command prompt by typing
FIXBOOT and press Enter. Then type "Y".

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307654
How to use the Recovery Console

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;314057

regards,
ssg MS-MVP

 

[KDB Systems]

I have seen a few cases where this is caused by bad ram. Have you recently
added any ram or had the computer apart? Sometimes if you have the computer
apart for something else the ram may get knocked loose. If you haven't made
any recent hardware changes the repair console fixes should work.

Kerry Brown
KDB Systems

 

[Vanguard]

I am trying to load Win XP but I get an error NTLDR missing. How do I
fix it?????

You didn't happen to leave a non-bootable diskette in the floppy drive,
did you?